Captain John Batty--Civil War
Many of you may have encountered questions and shared finds with Emily Meier on genealogy sites as she researched her Civil War novel about a real Irish immigrant, Private John Given. The particular excitement for family researchers on the Batty family forum is that the list of actual characters in her just published book, Suite Harmonic: A Civil War Novel of Rediscovery, includes Captain John Batty, Quartermaster in the Army of the Potomac.He may just be one of yours!To learn more about this stunning find of a book with its host of real 19th century characters, check out http://emilymeier.comhttp://emilymeier.com.